DEATH NOTE

Followers of Japanese manga and anime will no doubt be aware that “Death Note” has been a highly successful franchise.  The story has been made into a series of movies that were big hits here in Japan as well as a musical that was performed at the Nissei Theater in Tokyo this month, and there’s also a TV drama scheduled for broadcast in July this year. But that’s not all. We still have the Hollywood live action film of “Death Note” to look forward to, and the recent news is that the movie now has a new director!  Fans of the “Death Note” series should be glad to hear that the long-awaited Hollywood film version will now be directed by Adam Wingard, known as the director of scream-worthy cult horror flicks such as “The Guest” and “You’re Next.”   The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Wingard is onboard Death Note’s US feature film, with Ro

There has been a successful anime, a trio of movies, various games and even a musical, but one form of media the Death Note series has been noticeably missing is a TV drama. But just like an entry into the infamous Death Note itself, a one-line news report revealed that a live-action drama was finally in the works. It’s been nine years since writer Tsugumi Ohba and artist Takeshi Obata finished their thrilling story of Light Yagami and L that answered the question, “What would you do if you could decide who died and when?” With a continually strong fan base around the globe, it’s a bit of a surprise that a major announcement appeared between panels of a comic and with it. The only information that’s been released so far: a July start-date for the series. The anime followed the manga storyline quite closely, while the live-action movies had a delightfully unexpected twist that kept true to the original manga but also kep